Key retainer



Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

mix DE OBE McnILL, or cIENFUEGos, CUBA.

KEY RETAINER.`

.Application led March 27, 1925. Serial No. 18,863.

tainers which have the keys suspended fromone end; to provide a retainer which will permit free use of the keys and Lwhich will not permit the keys to fall off. It is also an object ofmy invention to provide :a retainer in which the keys are concealed and in which the keys for one purpose may be segregated from those for other uses. I at tain these and other objects of my invention byl the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front plan view of the key retainer in its open position;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the back of the retainer in open position;

Fig. 3 is a view of the retainer'in its nor mally closed position; and

Filg. 4 is a section on line 4.--4 of Fig. 3.

Li e characters of reference designate like parts in each of the following views.

Referring to the accompanyin drawings,

I provide a suitable collapsiblev older comprising a back 1 and foldable flaps 2 and 3 integral with member 1, each of these aps carryin the snap fastener 4, On one` end of the ack 1 `I preferably provide aprotectinv plate 5 'having a ortion 6 of same folded over the edge of t e back 1. I provide suitable eyeleted apertures 7 s aced at opposite sides of the back 1 throng which a chain passes. Chain`8 is re uired to'be 40 of suilicient I envth to provide t e loops 10 and 9 when the clhain is 1n its normal positionv as shown in Fig. 1, on which loops keys,

' such as keys A and B may be strun I provide a suitable spring ring 11 on c ain 45 8. to` permit of convenient removalor addition of keys 'whenever desired. Plate 5 is a metal plate and is preferably provided to protect the edge of the back 1 over which it is folded, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, from 50 the friction of chain 8, the loo 9 of which is swung over the back of t e flap 1, as shown. Different types of keys may, if desired, be placed on the loops of the chain 9 and 10 thus segregating one class of key 55 from another class of key, while at the same time providing a flexible key retainer having ample room for enclosing a number of keys.

What I claim is:

In a ke retainer, the combination of a flexible fo der comprising a back and foldable fla s, a snap fastener on the flaps, apertures 1n the back spaced apart from each other, a chain passing through the a ertures and having one loop thereof inside t e back 05 and another loo on the outside of the back, a chain of suicient length to permit of the outside loop being swung over the edge of the folder and inside thereof, and a metal guard strip having a portion thereof over 70 the edge of the back on which the outside loop o the chain will rest when swung inside the folder.

,- T AREX DE ORE MGDILL. 

